Transcriber's Notes:
This book contains Macmillan & Co.'s September 1874 book catalogue,which follows the index for the main book.
Additional Transcriber's Notes are at the end.
MICHAEL FARADAY.
MICHAEL FARADAY.
BY
J. H. GLADSTONE, Ph.D., F.R.S.
THIRD EDITION, WITH PORTRAIT.
London:
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1874.
[The Right of Translation and Reproduction is reserved.]
LONDON:
R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS,
BREAD STREET HILL.
PREFACE.
Shortly after the death of Michael Faraday, ProfessorAuguste de la Rive, and others of his friends, gave to theworld their impressions of his life, his character, and hiswork; Professor Tyndall drew his portrait as a man ofscience; and after a while Dr. Bence Jones published hisbiography in two octavo volumes, with copious extractsfrom his journals and correspondence. In a review of this"Life and Letters" I happened to mention my thoughtof giving to the public some day my own reminiscencesof the great philosopher; several friends urged me to doso, not in the pages of a magazine, but in the form of alittle book designed for those of his fellow-countrymenwho venerate his noble character without being able tofollow his scientific researches. I accepted the task.Professor Tyndall and Dr. Bence Jones, with Messrs.Longman, the publishers, kindly permitted me to makefree use of their materials; but I am indebted to the[viii]Corporation of the Trinity House, and to many friends,for a good deal of additional information; and in compilingmy book I have preferred, where practicable, toillustrate the character of Faraday by docum